TRAVERSE CITY — Sault High took a four-goal lead in the first period and again in the second period, but Traverse City Central chipped away at the lead, tying the game late in regulation and scoring 1:16 into overtime to hand the Blue Devils a 7-6 loss.

The Blue Devils, ranked fifth in Division 3, end the regular season 17-8 having lost four of their final five games. They open the playoffs Monday at Cheboygan against Petoskey.

Blake Mastaw had a hat trick in the first period, and Eric Hillock and Will Gauthier scored goals to give the Blue Devils a 5-1 lead. Nico Saco scored for the Division 2 No. 3 Trojans (22-3) and Chase Gamelin answered to give the Devils a 6-2 lead.

The Trojans' comeback began at the end of the second when Cooper Marshall scored with 45.5 second left to make it 6-3.

Nick Oliver scored in the first minute of the third, and Buddy Rose scored less than a minute later to cut the Devils' lead to 6-5. Saco tied the game with 1:13 remaining in regulation, and Oliver scored in overtime to hand the Devils the loss.

Bowling

DIVISION 2 REGIONALS: Sault High senior Nick Beatty bowled a six-game total of 1,147 to finish fifth in the individual regionals and qualify for the state finals. Beatty bowled games of 192, 189, 177, 186, 222 and 181 to earn his place at the finals, to be held March 1-2 at Century Lanes in Waterford.

The Sault High boys finished sixth with 3,402 points in the 14-team region at Monitor Lanes in Bay City. Bay City John Glenn, Flint Kearsley and Bay City Western qualified for the state finals. In the girls region, the Blue Devils placed 12th with 2,564 points. Flint Kearsley, Bay City Western and Bay City John Glenn got the top three spots to qualify for finals.

DIVISION 4 REGIONALS: The St. Ignace girls qualified for the state finals with a third-place finish during Friday's team regionals at Lucky Jack's in Traverse City. The Saints finished with 2,966 points, behind Rogers City (3,319) and Oscoda (3,219). During Saturday's singles competition, sophomore Sharman Colegrove bowled a six-game series of 935 to finish seventh and qualify for states.

The boys team finished 10th of 12 teams, with Rogers City, Oscoda and Traverse City Christian qualifying. Junior Jake Dodds qualified for states by placing ninth with a 1,069 six-game series.

The Division 4 finals will be held at Sunnybrook Lanes in Sterling Heights.

Boys basketball

SAULT HIGH 75, NEWBERRY 48: The Blue Devils came from behind and outscored the Indians 31-2 in the third quarter to pull away and earn a share of the Straits Area Conference title.

ST. IGNACE 63, CHEBOYGAN 50: The Saints earned a share of the Straits Area Conference title with a win over the Chiefs.

Curtis St. Louis led the Saints with 22 points, while Gage Kreski had 17 and Tyler Snyder added 11. The Saints trailed by 10 early before storming back to take a 27-19 halftime lead.

Ben Pearson, Andrew Dixon and Nik Bevier each had 11 points to lead the Chiefs, who won the JV game 48-36.

ENGADINE 49, BIG BAY DE NOC 36: Jeff Bomber led the Eagles (5-12) with 19 points and 11 rebounds, and Robert Miller added 10 points as the Eagles outscored the Black Bears 22-14 in the first half.

Girls basketball

RUDYARD 49, ROGERS CITY 29: The Bulldogs took a 12-point lead at halftime, Leah Jarvie had 20 points and Savannah Dugan had 14 rebounds as the Bulldogs ended the regular season 10-9.

Becky Schwesigner added 14 points for the Bulldogs.

"Just the way you want to enter districts," coach Barry Butler said. "We have said since June that our goals are to win a lot of games, play as a team, no drama and win districts. We have accomplished three and now off to complete the fourth."